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The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

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Page 1: The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website

Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. ChristensenIAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

Page 2: The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

The IYA2009 Website Today

Objective: provide background information for Single Points of Contact (SPoCs) and Organizational Associates

Page 3: The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany
Page 4: The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

Quick Intro: The Website TodayDesign Kits

Brochures

Page 5: The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

New Website, New Features

Better communication

Page 6: The Future of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Website Raquel Yumi Shida, Pedro Russo, Lars L. Christensen IAU, ESA/Hubble, IYA2009 Germany

New Website, New Features

Better communication

Global IYA2009 Calendar

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New Website, New Features

Better communication

Global IYA2009 Calendar

Better NEWS SectionImages, videos, press clippings

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New Website, New Features

Better communication

Global IYA2009 Calendar

Better NEWS SectionImages, videos, press clippings

The Sky Now

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For the SPoCs

• Build your website thinking about your public

One Laptop Per Child Project

Think about the

equipment and

internet speed of

your target

group

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For the SPoCs

• Build your website thinking about your public

• Make your work visible in popular websites, Wikipedia, YouTube, FaceBook, MySpace, Orkut, etc.

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For the SPoCs

• Build your website thinking about your public

• Make your work visible in popular websites, Wikipedia, YouTube, FaceBook, MySpace, Orkut, etc.

• There are lots of free tools on the web, use them!

Google Analytics is just one of the nice free tools for your website. Here we see the top 10 Visitors of the current IYA website:United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada, France, Japan, Brazil, Italy and Portugal

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The IYA secretariat thanks those who have already started working on their National Pages!

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The IYA secretariat thanks those who have already started working on their National Pages!

Suggestions, questions: [email protected]

visit: www.astronomy2009.org